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THE WESTERN DEMOCRAT, GHARLOTTE, N. C. tstitn tmocvat. W.J. YATES, Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, IV. C. June 18, 18G7. tST Cannot something be done to prevent the Legislature of this State from re-assembling in August, and consuming fiftjr or seventy-five thousand dollars in the waj of per diem and mileage, and besides, probably, appropriating a large sum of money for purposes not actually necessary. There are thousands of people iu the State suffering for bread and the common neces saries of life, and although many have a little property in the way of land, they are utterly unable to pay the present State and county taxes, unless their homes are sold by the Sheriffs. Now, is it right, or fair, or good policy for the Legis lature to meet again and make appropriations which will certaiuly tend to increase taxation ? Is it right to jse the money which has been or may bs paid into the public treasury to defray the expense of an extra session of the Legislature, and then force the people to pay more taxes to make up deficiencies ? Is it right or honorable for the Slate legislature to voluntarily assemble when it in well known that the members will not be permitted to act as free American citizens, and that they will be subject to military control ? But, apart from all this, there is no necessity for re-assembling the Legislature. It will be time enough to couform our State laws to the new con dition of things after a new Constitution is framed and adopted. m Injurious. The dfcirion of Chief Justice Chae, that the order of Gen. Sickles, staying the collection of debts, cannot apply to the District Court of North Carolina, will prove injurious and a hard.-hip to the citizens of this State both debtor and creditor. A non-resident can bring suit in the District Court against a citizen of this State, get judgment, and ell property, while our own citizens are prevented from securing their debts by State and military law. A New York merchant can sue a North Carolina merchant and collect his debt, while the North Carolina mer chant is not permitted to collect what is duo him. All bhould tai:d on the same footing Northern creditors ought not to have an advantage and privilege in collecting debts not enjoyed by ojr own citizens. We hope Gen. Sickles will enforce his orders impartially. . mm m Indicted. We hear it said that two promi nent Federal office-holders in this State were last week indicted for perjury by the Grand Jury of the U. S. Court in session at Raleigh. The charge is that the said officers took the test oath, although they aided the Confederacy. Tbe Raleigh Sentinel of Saturday last, says: Circuit Cocbt. The Grand Jury of this Court, on yesterday, presented D. II. Starbuck, U. S. Dis trict Attorney, for perjury, in having taken the iron clad OHth of ofliee .Mr Starbuck having been a member of the State Convention of 1861, though subsequent to tbe passage of the secession ordinance. At the request of Mr S., the Chief Justice appointed counsel to conduct an investigation into the matter. Col. Tho3. RtiffiQ, being first designated, declined, for priva'e reasons, to act, when B. If. Aloore, Esq., reluctantly consented to act. It is unlerj.tood that several other officials were presented tor the same o tie nee,' but as their names hare not yet publicly transpired, we retrain from giving them until such is the case, which will doubtless be in a da- or two. i Dull Timls. From all quarters North and South, East and West we hear the cry of dull times and stagnation in business. The New York papers say there are more persons out of employ ment in that city at preseut than ever before known ; and it is predicted that there will be many failures iu conitnerciul circles this Summer. The unsettled condition of National affairs not only affects the South, but the North is feeling it disastrously. Man is becoming more and more afraid to trust his fellow-man. Capitalists are afraid to invest their money in enterprises which would benefit the country generally and ufTord employment for the laboring classes, because they feel that the security for persons and pro perty is not as good in the United States as it was some years ago. The legislation of Con cress has not only injured the South but the North alt-o, and it is to be hoped. wh'n that body meets njrain, that a better, wiser and more liberal policy will prevail. A speedy settlement of National troubles, and fair legislation for the South, will give prosperity and make the Americans the greatest people cn the earth. : 0 . IIT The Fost Office in this Cftty has been made a Money Order Office, and consequently Mr Frazier. our Postmaster, has given an additional bond of $ll),0U0. The following paragraph will be useful to per sons desiring to send money by mail : Sending Money dy Mail. As early as 1864 Congress provided a mouey order system by which remittances could be sent by mail with perfect safety. This system went into operation September, 1864. Most of the post offices in towns having a population of four cr five thous and have been created "mouqp order offices." Persons who wish to remit money to a friend living in or near a city or town where there is a money order post office, can procure a money order from the office, payable by the postmaster at the office upon which it is drawn. This sys- l;ru is so arranged by checks and balauces that loss is impossible. The charge for a money order js as follows: For any sum not exceeding f 20, ten cents; over $20, aod not exceeding $50, twenty-live cents; $50 is the limit of a sing!e Crder, but a person may purchase several orders at the same time. For example a party desiring to remit to a fiiend in any town where there is a money order post office $200, will pay to the of fice $200, with a fee of one dollar and receive four orders of $50 each and forward to his friend by mail. To ensure safety aud to provide agaiust the payment of the orders to any persou who may . improperly pet possession of them, a letter of ad vice w ith duplicate numbers, giving full particu lars of tbe puichase of the order as to his name and residence, is also forwarded. fJT The Bar Rooms (or liquor saloons) were all closed in this city on Saturday last, in accor dance with the order of Gen. Sickles prohibiting the sae pf liquor in quantities less than one gallon. Ouly hotels and boarding houses are permitted to obtain a new license. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Bingham School at Mebaneville Col Wm Bingham. New remedy for extracting Teeth Dr. J. H. Wayt. AgricHltural Implements Hutchison, Burroughs Co. Fair Grounds for Sale A B Davidson, President. Equitable Life Assurance Society Hutchison, Bur roughs & Co. Relief fob thb Needy. It will be seen from the following correspondence that through the liberality of kind friends in Washington City, a handsome contribution has been received for the benefit of tbe destitute of Union county. The amount has been placed in the bands of Mr J. McLaughlin, of this place, to purchase corn aud send forward to Union : Wabhixgtojt, D. C, Jane 10, 1867. Dr. C. J. Fox and W. J. Yates, Esq., of Charlotte, and Maj. D. A. Covington and Col. Jonathan Trull of Union county, Ji. C. Gentlemen : I have tbe pleasure of enclosing a draft on New York for three hundred dollars for tbe benefit of the destitute of Union county. For this pleasure I am indebted to parties who recently held a fair in this vJity for tbe benent or the desti tute of tbe South, at which tables were provided as follows : Churches First Baptist, Rev. A D Gillotte.D. D.; Fifth Baptist, Rev. C C Meador; Assembly Presby terian, Rev. T B McFalls ; Western Presbyterian, Rev. J N Coomb3; M. Street Methodist, Rev. W V Tudor and Ladies from each ; Ladies of Calvary Baptist; Two Independent by Ladies of various Churches, and one by Catholic Ladies. Please acknowledge its receipt as soon as it comes to hand. Very respectfully and truly yours, R. J. POWELL. Charlotte, N. C, June 14, 1867. Dr. R. J. Powell : Dear Sir: Yours of the 10th instant fas duly received, inclosing a draft for three hundred dollars to be applied to tbe wants of the destitute of Union county. The amount has been placed in the hands of the Agent of said county at this place to be ap propriated as directed. To you, and through you to those whom you rep resent, we, on behalf of the suffering poor of Union county, tender our most heartfelt gratitude for the kindly sympathy thus timely manifested in their hour of need ; and trust that a kind Providence may prove that you have cast your bread upon the waters to be found after many days. The undersigned were unable to communicate with Maj Covington and Col. Trull of Union county, previous to the publication of this note, which fact will explain why their names are not attached. Very truly, your obedient servants, C. J. FOX, W. J. YATES. Bingham's English Grammar. Col. Wm. Bingham, (the Principal of Bingham's School at Mebaneville, N. C.) has now in press an English Grammar which will be ready for the public in a short time. Tho ability of the learned author is a sufficient guarantee that the work will be a most acceptable aud desirable text book. Opinion of the Cabinet on Removals from Office by Military Commanders. The Washington Intelligencer, which is now re garded as the Executive organ, has the following: 4,Ve have authority for the statement that, at a very recent consultation of the Cabinet, it was decided that tho Military Officers, in command of the five districts into which the ten unrepre sented Southern States are divided, have no power to remove civil officers deriving their au thority from the State Governments as now organ ized. The question, we understand, before the Cabinet had more immediate reference to the re movul of the Governor and other civil officers of the State of Louisiana by Gen. Sheridan; but, of course, will apply to the action of the other four Commanders. No doubt the forthcoming opinion of the Attorney General, in accordance with the reasoning by which, it is understood, the decision referred to was arrived at, will fully justify the legality and propriety cf this determination. It scarcely need be suggested that the issuing of orders, replacing the deposed officers, (which may become necessary as a consequence of this decision of the Government) would be no ground for application, on the part of General Sheridan, to be relieved from the position he holds. Much les, would it warrant tho inference, that the ad ministration contemplates or desires his removal for his errors. We feel authorized to say that the speculations of sensational journals upon this point, however they may be attempted to be sup ported by imagined political manceuverers. on the part of either tho friends or enemies of the Gen eral, are wholly without foundation." The New York Herald and Tribune are furious over the policy thus foreshadowed. The Tribune says: "We feel that the President is treading on dan gerous ground, not only for himself but for the country." The Herald says: "Congress must meet in July. It must meet with the resolute will to carry on the movement, now greater and more necessary than ever, of impeaching aud removing Andrew Johnson from tbe Executive chair." The Times says: It may be wise to restrain such removals for the future, but it will be a grave and practical mistake to reverse the action taken hither to and a still greater blunder to remove or punish the officers for having taken it. tsT" We know that there are many persons who actually need aid to keep off starvation, but it has been long feared that the supplies distributed by the Government would prove an inducement to idleness and vagrancy. We believe the Bureau Agents, generally, have tried to discharge their duties fairly in the distribution of supplies, but there is no doubt that the system is having a bad influence on a certain class of persons. The Salisbury Banner speaks as follows con cerning the operation of the system in that town: 'We learn that Col. Eddie, (Bureau Agent.) on Monday morning last, was overwhelmed by the crowd which presented itself at his office for aid. He found many persons there, white and black, well, hearty, and in some cases, the owners of lands, horses, cows, etc., applying for Government aid. When he first commenced the distribution of provisions the number of petitioners was small; but it has increased from day to day, until now it has swelled to hundreds upon hundreds. The Colonel seems to have got the idea that the beuificence it is his office to confer, is becoming a nuisance an encouragement to idleness, lazi ness ; and as this is far from the purpose of the Government, he was constrained on Monday to suspend the distribution of rations, doubtless with a view to narrowing the system to the tew per sons strictly coming within the contemplation of the scheme."' The Raleigh Standard makes the following re marks on the same subject : While those who are really in want should be relieved, care should betaken that the govern ment is not imposed upon by the idle and vicious. It is impossible to decide correctly in every case, but it is better to err on the side of kindness than to be close or harsh in dispensing aid. The offi cers of the Bureau here are treating the suffering poor with much- kindness. We learn that as many as 1,000 rations per day have been issued; but it must be borne in mind that persons come bither for aid from Granville, Johnston, Harnett, Chatham, and Qther counties besides Wake, in some cases a distance of tweuty-five miles. The suffering must be great when persons walk twenty miles for a little bread and meat, and then, as in some instances, lute it home." Executed Green Hodges, a negro, was hang in the vicinity of this city on Friday last, for tbe crime of rape on a white woman. He had been convicted more than a year ago, bat appeals delayed tbe execution of the sentenco until the present. A Bio Pvtt. Judge Kelly, of Pennsylvania, who -travelled through this State recently and made speeches at several points, appears to be delighted with his visit. Io a speech in Phila delphia, on bis return home, he spoke thus about North Carolina : 'North Carolina is the most beautiful and richest portion of the earth upon which my eye or foot has ever rested. This State, from which more than 50,000 of her sons have gone to In diana and Illinois, is the land of wine, of honey, of the apple and the peach, of the fig and the pomegranate, all of which I saw prosper in the open field, and under the most artless culture. In the forty-two hundred miles I travelled, the whole earth is underlaid with gold, so that a child, with an ordinary wash basin, could wash the sands from the rivulets and make at least three dollars a day ; and yet I have never seen such poverty as I found in North Carolina." We are gratified that Judge Kelly has such a high opinion of the resources of our State, and we hope when he again takes his seat in Congress, be will use all the influence he possesses to restore us to equal rights in the Union and give us an opportunity to develope the vast wealth of which he speaks. Ail we ask is a fair chance and peace, quiet, and freedom from political agitation. The Public Debt. The public debt of the United States is ho large that it appears many Northern people are anxious to repudiate it, and we occasionally find articles in Northern papers favoring repudiation. The New York Tribune recently published a communication from one of its radical subscribers, in which he proposes the formation of a party whose platform shall be the "remission or forgiveness of the whole" federal debt." The writer remarks : 'In the straightforwardness of General Grant, (he says) 'I propose' that the next legislators in any State, as well as the next Congress of all the States and the next President of tbe United States, shall all be put on a platform involving this ele ment of the remission of the national debt. Let each belong to this benevolent society, and let each be sworn to the support of its principles, and then let the issue go before the people." If the writer of the above had been a "rebel," wo might expect "another order" from General Somebody. A little difficulty, however, in the way of the liberal proceeding suggested by the Tribune's correspondent, is the proposed Amend ment to the Constitution, which has already been adopted by most of the Northern States, and which the Southern States are compelled to adopt before being admitted into the Union. The 4th section of the new Amendment sa3rs : "The validity of the public debt of the United States authorized by law, including debts incur red for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned." Civilization. As a specimen of tho civiliza tion of the age we publish the following dispatches concerning a prize fight : Washington, June 13. The fight between Barney Aaron and Dudley Collyer, came off this morning near Acquia Creek. A very large fleet of steamers had arrived, bringing great crowds of spectators. The fight commenced at an early hour, and was won by Aaron in 67 rounds. It was of the most desperate character, and both mon were severely punished. Collyer's face was beat to a jelly. There was the largest gathering of the 'fancy' ever known in this country, and the bets amounted to very large sums of money. Aquia Creek, June 13. The prize fight party arrived here at 7 o'clock, and ring erected on a hill near the river. There were three thousand people in the amphitheatre. Outrageous conduct took place on the boat coming down. Thieving, robbery and breaking into state rooms. Num bers of persons were boldly robbed on one of the boats. The fight lasted one hour and fifty-five minutes. Sixty-seven rounds were fought, in the most des perate manner by Collyer. Aaron stood on de fensive, playing drop. Collyer came up boldly until time was called for the 68th round, when his strength failed him. Immediately after the ascent of Collyer's sponge, Aaron fainted in the ring and was laid side by side with Collyer. Aaron had three ribs broken iu the fourth round, before the last. Tiie Late Mrs. D. M. Barringkr. Dr. Deems furnishes to the Episcopal Methodist, of Raleigh, a beautiful tribute to the memory of this most estimable lady, who died, a few days since, at the residence of her brother, in Brook lyn, N. Y. We make the following extracts from Dr. Deems' letter : "I have just returned from oar friend the Hon. D. M. Barringcr, who has this day been stricken and bereaved by the departure of his estimable wife, who died at the residence of her brother, lion. Jas. S. Wethered, iu Brooklyn, this morning at 10 o'clock, in the forty-sixth year of her age. Since last summer she has had symptoms of cancer, and upon my return from your city last November I brought her to her friends in Baltimore, and in a fortnight she followed to New York, for medical advice and treatment. Her disease made very rapid progress against all tbe skill employed to check it. The tortures she has endured in daily operations for five months are past all description, aod the fortitude with which she bore her terrific sufferings has been to me a subject of perpetual admiration. Born to wealth, to flattery and indulgence, very beautiful in her youth and very attractive al ways, moviog io a circle in which were many temptations, she preserved her purity of charac ter very remarkably. When her husband was our trusted and honored representative at the court of Spain, there was no lady in the diplo matic corps more respected and caressed; yet she was the least spoiled child of flattery I ever knew. Of late years she has been in the furnace of affliction, as the citizens of llaleigh know. I was with her when her remarkable children were taken from her, and I went with her to see her husband when he met with a serious ac cident io the last year of tbe war, and 1 have seen her suffer and have watched her as the physician gave her to understand the hopeless ness of her case, and I have stood by her when she was io such a wretched plight that the touch of her lister's hand gave her a thrill of agony, and have beheld her sufler until my own nerves vibrated in sympathy and through it all she seemed always to be thinking more of the pain of others than of herself. Indeed, through life, this was a remarkable trait of her character thoufhtfulness of others, her sacrifice of herself. She had the gratification of the presence of her husband and her two sons, of nearly all her brothers and sisters, and of those whe had been her most intimate friends, in her pjost trying hours. She could not have ordered tha circum stances of her departure more satisfactorily. fGlory to God, to God she saith, Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death." A Shocking Murder. Evidenee has been brought to light, which show the perpetration of a most shocking murder iu the Eastern part of this county. It appears that one Rufus Lud wick married a Miss Campbell, about three weeks ago, against tbe wishes of his parents. She was denied the privilege of entering their house, and they protested against their son's living with her. She suddenly disappeared, and wa9 gone nearly a week when tbe neighbors becom ing suspicious of foul play, had Ludwich arrest ed, and instituted a search for bis wife, aod found her dead in the Yadkin River, near the premises of his parents. An inquest was held over tbe body yesterday, but we have not beard whether any marks of violence were found up on her body. The general belief prevails that Ludwick murdered his wife and cast her into tbe river, and that his parents were accessory to the deed. The matter was yesterday, or will be to-day, fully investigated. ' Sufficient evi dence has already been elicited to commit Rufus Ludwick to jail. Since writing the above, we learn that the body of the dead woman wa9 removed from the river late Wednesday evening. A bullet hole through her head showed that she had been shot with a rifle; her throat was also cut. Eith er of which wounds would have proved mortal. lots is the most shocking murder it has ever been our duty to chrouicle. A young and highly, respectable woman, just married, has been most inhumanly treated, first by the parents of the accused, in denying her access to their house, and finally most brutally murdered, by whom it is not positively known, but believed by her husband, assisted or instigated by hia in human parents. The facts so far as elicited, go to establish this. We have not heard whether the parents of the accused have been arrested or not, but we presume they will be. Salis bury Banner. Supreme Court. The celebrated Johnson will-case, coming up by appeal from Chowan Superior Court, was under consideration before this tribunal on yesterday. Gov. Graham made an elaborate and able argument in behalf of the appellants, on yesterday morning, and up to the hour of the adjournment of the Court. The case was also ably argued, in the afternoon, we learn, by Messrs. Winston and Phillips for the propounders. Tbe hearing will be continued to-day. Raleigh Sentinel of Friday. Wilmington, N. C , June 13. Col. J. P. Foster, Collector of Customs, bas been arraigned before a U. S. Commissioner on a charge of mal feasance in office. Tho defendant was bailed in the sum of 35,000, and the case continued till the 27th inst. Important- Speech by Senator Wade. Lawrence, Kansas, June 10. Senator Wade, Vice-President of the Crated States, delivered a significant impromptu speech to-day, in reply to calls from a crowd of citizens, in front of the hotel where the excursionists dined. He declared un equivocally in favor of female suffrage, reitera ting views expressed in the Senate last spring; declared that neither Johnson nor the devil could tempt Congress to desert the people; said the Southerners now had the mildest term 3 offered them they ever would get, and that if they re jected then, the screw would be driven another turn, and they would be compelled to yield. Tbe Senator added that the shadow of another strus gle was over us; that Congress, which has done so much for the slave cannot quietly regard the terri ble distinction which exists between the white la borer and employer; property is not fairly divi ded and a more equal distribution must be wrought out. If you dull heads, he said, cannot understand this, the women will, and canvassers, upon the eve of an election will have to tell tbe laborers what they will do for them. Men should not be compelled to labor until life is worn out aod being is a curse, nor can this always be the case here, where every man is a capitalist to a certain extent These inequalities arc not felt as they are in the East; every man there, who was subject to a capitalist ought to leave him and get two hours nearer sundown forthwith. Lie (Wade) pledged himself to advocate boldly and persistently the natural rights of man and predicted tbe most important commercial results from the completion of the Pacific roads, lie was frequently applauded. The above sounds as if Wade and his party were about to. devote some of their attention to the poor whites of the North, aud drop the negro for awhile. This is a progressive age and agra rianism is on the increase. mm - 1 A Terrible Weapon. The Paris papers say that the story about the new French gun which shoots people without powder or smoke is quite true. The weapon is really a sling, improved up to tbe nineteenth century standard. Bul lets are placed in a circular groove on a circular disc of steel, which driven by a wheel of much greater diameter, revolves at a procHgious pace and hurls out the bullets at the rate of about three hundred per minute. They strike a3 hard as rifle balls. WASHINGTON ITEMS. A dispatch to the Baltimore Sun and New York World says that the President will proba bly assemble Congress in August, by proclama tion, to adjust .the complications under the recon struction act. It is almost certain that the acts of the District commanders, whenever they have transcended the nominations of the law, will be reversed and the power of the Provisional Governments re stored, and that the functionaries of the Provis ional Governments will hereafter only be removed by Court Martial or act of Congress. This is the decision of the Cabinet, Stanton only dissenting by silence. The probable resignation of the Dis trict Commanders under these reversals and res traints was discussed. Such action was appre hended and deplored. The point was made, however, that these District Commanders were soldiers on duty, and 'hat, however unpleasant the duty, they' cannot abandon their posts. - Senator Patterson has just returned from Tennessee, and reports the increased excitement in the political canvass ic that State. The citi zens of Tennessee who arrived io Washington to laj the cases of tbe outrages of Brownlow's armed militia before the President, have not been able to obtain an interview owing to the President's ill health and the pressins natare of the public busieeas. They are confident that peace cannot be obtained until General Thomas i3 directed to disarm the militia by tbe use of regular troops. "WESTERN CONFERENCE. The members of tbe Western Conference of the North Carolina Synod are requested to assemble at the Lutheran Church in Concord, Ua&arrns county, Nv.0., on Friday before the 5th Sunday of this month, at 11 o'clock, A. M., for the purpose of re organizing the Conference. A fall attendance is re quested, both of the clergy and laity. June 13, 1867. N. ALDRICH. Harvest. Oar farmers have begun tho welcome task of reaping what tbej have sown, so far as the early wheat is concerned. From all accounts, the yield is better than was ex'pect ed. It the late wheat tarns - oat to be at all equal to it, the wheat crop of 1867 will be the best made in the District for twenty years. There is little danger now to be apprehended, except from excessifely wet weather. York ville Enquirer. 6rCrops promise an abundant yield. Every wnere tnrougnout our District high hopes are entertained of success. The wheat was never known to be better and the sickle of the farmer is now busily employed in reaping its golden heads. Lancaster Ledger. t&" The Richmond Dispatch says that Gov ernor Wells, kicked oat of office by Gen. Sheri dan, is a very poor excuse for a man or a Gov ernor, and has very little sympathy in Louisiana or any wnere else, we imagioe. It is only his tory repeating itself that those most free in the use of the guillotine, in time themselves become victims. Wells was among the earliest and most intolerant of Radicals placed in power in the South. Look at Your National Bank Notes. The following National Banks have failed, or are in process of liquidation: Venango National Bank, Franklin, Pa ; Tennessee National Bank, Memphis, Tenn ; First National Bank, Attica, N. Y.; First National Bank, Medina, N. Y.j First National Bank, Columbia, Mo.; First Na tional Bank, Carondalet, Mo ; Merchants' Na tional Bank, Washington, D. C. Gea. Griffin issued an order discharging the entire police force of Galveston, Texas, and appointed a new force, five of whom are colored and unable to read or write. Georgia. Augusta, June 13. Gov. Brown has delivered a speech at Millcdgeville on the present situation and future prospects of tbe country. He takes strong ground in favor of reorganizing under the military act, c.s the only hope of restoration; and denounces the recon struction policy of Gov. Perry, and others, who oppose reconstruction on the proposed terms. Hubert Price of South Carolina, was murder ed by freedmen near this place last night. Colonization. Tha N. Y. Journal of Com merce says : "There is a remarkable change in the aspect of African colonization. The freed negroes now begin to crowd applications for pas sage to Liberia. Upwards of a thousand have been sent out within the past year. Rev. Dr. Olcut, the well known Secretary of tho Ameri can Colonization Society, bas been invited to New York to aid in the cause, and we learn that he is successful to a considerable extent. The only hope of Africa is in this cause. The civil ization which has hitherto been kept out of that benighted country may be introduced by return ing the negro from America to carry his knowl edge and example to his uncivilized brethren." : Assassination. The French papers inform us that the shot at the carriage in which the two Emperors were riding was fired by a young Pole, and intended for the Czar of Russia, The deed, it is further stated, was inspired by politi cal passions. This i3 the second attempt made against the life of the Russian Emperor, the preceding one having been made last year by an impoverished Russian nobleman who belongs to the ultra revolutionary party of Russia. The passion for assassination from political reasons is unfortunately increasing. Nearly all the great monarchs of Europe have escaped similar dan gers. Thus, attempts were made against Louis Napoleon by Pianori (in April, 1855,) and by Orsini (January, 1858 ) A lew years ago a student tried to take the life oi King William of Prussia, aod last year that of Count Bismarck was endangered. Two different attempts were made against Victoria. Last year it was re ported that a similar attempt had been made against the Emperor of Austria at Prague, but tho investigation of the affair proved that the person charged with it was innocent. The Dimensions of our New Territory. In a brief notice of Mr Sumner's speech upon tbe Russian purchase, the area of the new acqui sition was stated at five hundred and seventy thousaod square miles, with a shore line of four thousand miles. If the islands and bays are taken into the estimate, the coast line is between eleven and twelve thousand miles long. That is, our Pacific coast is now much more than twice as long as it was before the purchase. With regard to area, a few comparisons may give us clearer ideas of our bargain. Russian America is sixty five and a half times as large as Massachusetts; between eight and nine times as large us all New England; twelve times as large as New Turk; nine times as large as Virginia; twice as large as Texas; twice as large as the French empire, or between six and seven times as large as the island of Great Britain. It is con siderably larger than all the New England State?, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jer sey, Maryland, Virginia, North and S. Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi together. Of the islands on the coast, Admiralty is very nearly the size of Long Island. St. Lawrence, Nunivack and Oonimak are a little smaller, and Kodiak is larger by fourteen hundred and fifty square miles. There are several sounds, straits aud bays which have from twenty to twenty-five times tbe extent of Long Island Sound. The river Youcon is believed, on pretty good grounds, to be five times as long a? our Hudson, and as it has been explored is very nearly as wide as the Mississippi. The peninsula of Alaska is about one-third as large as Florida. Age or Masonrt. We find an item taken from a Glascow paper, stating that St. John's Lodge No. 3, of that city, has recently celebrated the 809th anniversary of its existence, it having been erected by chatter from King Malcolm in 1057. We should like to seo the muster roll of that lodge, beginning more than eight centu ries ago, aud running along with ages to the present time. What kings and kingdoms have risen and fallen since the gavel was first sounded in its east. How the world has changed; and what progress has been made in science and art. Eight hundred years in the life time of a lodge ! , m now are you Pope? A well authenticated story is in circulation of a genuine specimen of an American ehoddyite, woo recently at an audience of tbe Pope at Rome, to the surprise of every one present, stepped forward upon the entrance of His Holiness, and with tbe peculiar nasal twang of the New England States thus spoke : 'How d'ye do, Pope Pius Ninth ? I want to introduce you to my darter Jane His Holiness appeared to take the affair very good naturedly and to appreciate the joke, while the Federal Americans present were quite over- wneimec wun ieeiiogs 01 moruacauoo wu u gust. To others the scene was one of. intense amusement. MARKETS. Kiw York, Jane 15. Cotton quiet. Middling uplands 27. Stocks steady. Money 6aT. Gold $I,3T. . Li vi spool, June 1 5, M. Cotton quiet. 11 pence for Uplands, U for Orleans. The Reconstruction Bixx. We have ob served the statement that there Is no pledge In the reconstruction bill, that npon compliance with its terms, the Senators and Representatives of the State will be admitted into Congress. This is an error. The fifth section says,, upon a compliance with its enumerated requirements, which are also summed up in tbe published opin ion of the Attorney General, that "said State shall be declared entitled to representation in Congress, and Senators aud Representatives shall be admitted therefrom, on their taking the oath prescribed by law; and then and thereafter, the preceding sections of this act shall be inope rative in said State." TbUis the pledge which is given in tbe bill to reoelve the State's repre sentation in Congress upon a compliance with the prescribed terms. When we have complied with these terms, we then become entitled, under the bill, to Congressional representation, and not before. Upon the faith of this pledge, w hold it to be the duty of every one, who is not disfran chised, to register and vote. CF The "Union Register." a Republican paper heretofore published at Greensboro, N. C., is to be removed to Raleigh and published under tbe name of the "Raleigh Register." We learn this from the last number of the Register. The 1 Mexicano, the Independant paper pub lished at Brownsville, pronounces Maximilian's proclamation a forgery, and says that it origina ted with a burlesquing paper at San Louis Po tozi. in York District, 00 the 4th instant, Mr Calvin Whisonant to Mrs Nancy Whitesides. Also, on tbe 6th instant, Mr Clint Jones to Miss Elsey Carter. In Greensboro, on the 4th instant, Mr Wm. S. Gilmer, aged 60 years. Notice to Farmer. Farmers wishing to purchase Agricultural Imple ments of any kind, Threshing Machines, Fans. Reapers, Mowers, Horse Rakes, Corn Mills, Cora Shelters, Straw Cutters and Plows of any kiad, can get tbera from us at the Baltimore retail price, with freight ans dray age added. We are Agents of the large Agricultural Imple ment Manufacturing Establishment of E. WHIT MAN & SONS, Baltimore. HUTCniSON, BURROUGHS k CO. E. NVS HUTCHISON. J. C BDBKOCQBS. R. A. SPSrSOS. Charlotte, June 17, 1867. BIPVOIIAITI SCHOOL, MEBANEVILLE, N. C. SESSION OF 18G7. Fall Term opens July 24th. Course of instruction CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL and COMMERCIAL. For Circular address Col. WM. BINGHAM. June 17, 1867 w Teeth Extracted Without Pais. BY A NEW REMEDY. DR. JNO. II. WAYT is Dreoared to administer tbe "Jl'ltrotts Oxide Ga" in extracting Teeth. This agent has been successfully used ia thousands of cases in the principal cities, without the slightest danger. Freedom from pain or danger guaranteed. Office No. 5, Granite Row. Charlotte, June 17, 1867. 3m The Equitable Life Assurance Society HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO AGENTS AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. This Company, which has been under its presoal able management from the time of its organization, has been progressing steadily until it is now ia tbe foremost ranks of Life Insurance Companies. During the past rear its increase in business has been enormous, the amount of policies Issued being over thirty millions of dollars. It is a purely mutual Company, declaring its dividend yearly to all policy-holders. June 17, 1867. Sale or Valuable Heal Estate On Tuesday, the 9th day of July ensuing, will ba sold at public sale, the FAIR GROUNDS belonging to the Mecklenburg Agricultural Society. Theproperty contains 12 acres of land, mors or less, situated within a short distance of the corpor ate limits of Charlotte, and therefore most desirable for building sites. Sale will take place on the Public Square at 12 o'clock M. TERMS CASH. Sale positive. Any information regarding tbe property may be had of Col. John A. Young, Char lotte. N. C. A. B. DAVIDSON. June 17, 18C7. President M. A. Society. CHARLOTTE MARKET, Jane 17, 1867. Corrected bt Stehuocse, MaCaulat k Co. Cotton But a few bales changed bands last week on the basis of 20 cents for middling grades, and ia- ferior qualities 17 to 19 cents. Flour, from wagons $6.1 2 j to $6.25 per sack; from stores $6.50 to $0.75. Corn Tbe market is bare and is selling from wagons at $1.32 to $1.35; from stores $1.40. Peas, $1.50. Oat 1, C5 to 70 cents. Wheat noas la market. Bacon, 14 to 16 J cents market well supplied. Lard, 16 to 17 cents. Fresh Butter, 20 to 25 cents ; Chickens, 23 to 39 cents; Eggs, 15 to 20 cents. Corn Whiskey is held at $3.25 to $2.50 per galloa Liverpool Salt, $3.50 to $3 75 per sack. Molasses, 80 cents to $1 by retail. Tbe general market has exhibited an increased dullness daring the week, only a limited retail business has been done. Tbe weather continue clear aod warm, and tery favorable to the plaster A large crop of wheat is being harvested. QUOTATIONS OP N. O. BANK NOTES. Corrected by Baisizca, KiLiooa k Petibs, Bankers and Brokers, Charlotte, N. C. Bank of North Carolina - . 4 " Cape Fear - 24 " Charlotte ... 24 " Lexington - M at Graham - - 22 " Roxboro - - 45 " Wadesboro J 41 Thomasville 45 " Wilmington - SI Commerce -. ' 14 Washington - T Fayetteville - - . 9 Clarendon - I " Yanceyville - - Miners and Planters Bank - - 10 Farmers Lank of Greensbojre - 25 Commercial Bank of Wilmington 31 Merchants Bank of Newbeta - 4S Greensboro Mntual - . Gold 136; SiUer 130. Sooth Carolina Bank Notes 7 to 23 Union Basil of Charleston 67.
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